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CONTENTS OF THIS BOOK.

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Bonny
jtf

lass, pretty lass

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frontispiece Title

diller,

dollar

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Dedication
Little

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Blue
boys
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5

boy blue

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come
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Hark I hark !
There

G/'r/y

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7 Diddlty,diddlty,dumpty 8
IVe^re all jolly boys 9 To market, to market lo Elsie Marley .11
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Jack Homer was an old 'woman

out to play

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Jumping Joan. Ride a cock-horse

Rock-a-bye baby
Little Little

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DaJJy-down-dilly Jack Sprat. . Lucy Locket Cross Patch Johnny shall ba-ve new bonnet
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There

was a

little

Draw a pail of water

Jack and
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boy

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36 .37 Humpty Dumpty See-Saw-Jack in the 38 hedge Little lad, little lad 39 As I was going up 40 Pippin Hill. Little maid, little maid 4 1 and your My mother, mother 42
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Tom Tucker Miss Mufti

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Jill

Bo-peep

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All round the green

Po//y />/
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gravel One foot up,

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the other

Tommy

mouse 7W/ Tale Tit

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Tittle-

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Goosey, goosey, gander 24 #7//y ^V//y boy 25

Joot down Georgie Peorgie As Tommy Snooks, Bessie Brooks

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and

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Tom, Tom,
son

the piper's

Mary,

Mary,
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quite

contrary

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Ring-a-ring-a-rcses

MOTHER GOOSE
or tt)e

OLD NURSERY RHYMES

Illustrated

ty

KATE GREEN AWAY

engraved and
o

EDMUND EVANS

<>

London and

Ne-~

Hark ! hark

!.

the dogs bark,

'The beggars are coming to town^ Some in rags and some in tags.

And some in silken gowns. Some gave ibetn white bread, And some gave them brown, And some gave them a good horse-whip, And sent them out of the town*

Little Jack Hcnier, sat in the rcr/.vr, Eating a Christmas pic He put in his thumb, and pulled out a //;;:, And said, oh ! what a good boy am I.
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There

-ivas an old ~^cm Lived under a hill ;

And

'

If she s not gone.

still.

She lives there

Dtddlty, dlddlty, dumpty The cat run up the plum tree ;

Give her a plum, and donxn

Diddltj, diddlty, dumpty.

she* II

come

IVe^re all jolly boys, and -ive^re coming ivitb a noise,

Our

stockings shall be

made
the ground.

Of the finest silk, And our tails shall touch

To market ,

Home
Home

To market,

to market, to buy a plum cake, again, home again, market is late to market, to buy a plum bun, again, home again, market is done.
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Elsie

She But

ley --won''t get

lies in

Mar

has grown so fine, up to serve the swine j

bed

And surely

till eight or nine. she does take her time.

Daffy -down-dilly has come up to town, In a yellow petticoat and a green gown

Jack Sprat could eat no fat, His wife could eat no lean And so between them both,
;

They licked the platter clean.

Lucy Locket,

lost her pocket , Kitty Fisher found it ; There was not a penny in it, But a ribbon round it.

Cross Patch,

lift the

latch,

Sit by the fire

and

spin;

Take a cup, and drink it up, Then call your neighbours in.

Johnny shall have a ne-iv bonnet, And Johnny shall go to the fair; And Johnny shall have a blue ribbon, To tie up his bonny bro~jjn hair.

There

-ivas

Lived

in

a little an alley

boy

and a

little

girl

boy to the little girl, "Shall /, oh! shall I?" little the girl to the little boy, Says

Says the

little

"What
"

shall
little

we

do?"
little girl,,

Says the

boy to the

1 -Mill kiss

you /"

Draw

a pail of --cater, For my lady's daughter;

My fathers a king, and my mother's a queen, My two little sisters are dressed in green,
Stamping grass and parsley, Marigold leaves and daisies,

One

rush

tnvo rush

Pray

tbee, fine lady,

come under my

bus/2.

Jack and Jill Went up the hill, To fetch a pail of water Jack fell do-t'jn

And And

broke his crown,

Jill

came tumbling

after.

Little Bo-peep has lost

her sheep,

And cant And

where to find them-, Leave them alone, and they V/ come home,
tell

brinv their tails behind them.

Polly put the kettle on, Polly put the kettle on, We'll all have tea.

Sukey take Sukey take Sukey take

it
it it

off'

off off

again, again, again,

They ''re

all

gone a-ivaj.

Little

Tommy
in

Tittle mouse ^

Lived

little

house;

He

caught Jishes In other men's ditches.

Tell Tale Tit, Your tongue shall be

slit$

And all
Shall

the dogs in the

little bit.

town

have a

Goosey, goosey, gander,

Where shall I wander? Up stairs, down stairs, And in my lady^s chamber: There I met an old ?nan,
IVould not say his prayers ,

Take him by the

Throw him down

left leg, the stairs.

Willy boy, Willy boy,

Vm

where are you going? I 'will go cwith you, if I uiay. going to the meadow to see them a
mowing,
going
to help

Vm

them make the hay.

Mary, Mary, quite contrary Hoiv does your garden gro~jj ? With silver bells, and cockle shells And CQ-UU slips all of a ro~uu.

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Bonny

lass, pretty lass, wilt thou be mine 'Thou shalt not <wash dishes,

Nor yet serve

the

swine

T^hou shalt sit on

cushion,

and se-~w a

And

fine seam, tbou shalt eat strawberries , sugar,

and cream !

diller^

dollar,
,

A ten

o'clock scholar

What makes you come

so soon

You us^d to cume at ten o'clock. But noiv you come at noon !

Little Betty Blue, Lost her holiday shoe.

What

-will poor Betty

do?

Why, give her another, To match the other, And then she -ivi/l cwalk

in t-ivo.

The

blonv me your horn, Billy boy blue, come the co-ivs'' sheeps"" in the meadow,
in the corn
j

Is that the n.vay

you mind your sheep. Under the Haycock fast asleep?

Girls
'The

and

boys come out to play,

it

moon

shines, as bright as
,

day;
deep,
5

Leave your supper and leave your

And come

your playmates in the street Come with a whoop, come cwit/i a call, Come with a good --will, or come not at all;
to

Up

the ladder

and down
-Tvi/l

halfpenny loaf

the wall, serve us all.

I/

Here

am

I, little

jumping 'Joan t

When
I'm

nobody V 'with me,

al-ivays alone.

Ride a cock-horse, To ^anbury-cross^ To see little Johnny Get on a -iv/rite horse.

Rock-a-bye baby, Thy cradle is green Father 's a nobleman.

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Mothers a

queen.

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And Betty's a lady, And wears a gold ring And Johnny''s a drummer , And drums for the king.
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Little Tom Tucker, He sang for his supper. What did he sing for?

How How

Why, white bread and

butter.

can I cut it without a knife? can I marry without a wife?

Little Miss Mu/et, Sat on a tu/et, Eating some curds and -ivhey There came a great spider,

And sat down beside And frightened Miss

her,

Muffet

away.

Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall, Humpty Dumpty had a great fall

See-Saw-Jack in Which is the ivay

the hedge.
to

London-bridge?

3?

If

9 $

Little lad, little lad,

Where ivast thou born? Far off in Lancashire, Under a thorn Where they sup sour milk From a rams horn.
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As I

-"was going up Pippin Hi/I, Pippin Hill ^vcas dirty $

And she

There I met a sweet pretty lass} dropped me a curtsey*

Little maid, little maid, Whither goest thou?

Doivn

in the meads^vn

To milk my cow.

My
"

mother,
O'-ver

andyour mother,
the

Went
It's

way
to your

Said my mother,

mother,

chop-a-nose day."

The grass grows

All around the green gravel, so green, And all the pretty maids are fit to
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/>,

seen

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Wash them

Dress them

And

in milk, in silk, the first to go do-ivn shall be married.

One foot

up, the other foot down, That's the ivay to London-town.

Georgie Peorgie, pudding and pie, Kissed the girls and made them cry.

When

the girls begin Georgie Peorgie runs

to play,

away.

As Tommy Snooks, and Bessie Brooks Were walking out one Sunday
,

Says

" To-morrow

Tommy

Snooks

to Bessie

zcv'//

Brooks, be Monday.''''

Tom, Tom, the piper's

son,
,

He He

learnt to play <with his pipe

That be

when he was young made such a noise, all the girls and boys. pleased

A pocket full of posies;

Hush! hush! hush I hush! We're all tumbled down.

Ring-a ring -a- roses,

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